J_R_Thiele
Stainless
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2003
- Location
- Columbia Missouri
NOT OT, Device for proning Covid pts developed, Need to get word out to Drs & Staff
Last spring, I became involved in a local makers group, Columbia Gadget Works (CGW).
We were asked to make a device to facilitate proning of Covid-19 patients- and we did. It was eventually unimaginatively named Roll-To-Prone.
The link below describes what occurred.
Local Makers Group Designs Proning Bed for COVID Patients - University of Missouri College of Engineering
Fortunately, we did not have the surge of patients initially anticipated, and we have not had the need for its use locally.
With the "second wave" occurring, this may change for us- and there may currently be a need elsewhere. It was always our intention to make the design available to others so facilities can build their own if they desire.
I am asking that those of you with connections to the medical community involved with hospitalized Covid patients pass on the links below and let people know that the device and design exists, and they can build one if they desire.
The information is mostly the same in both sites, but the Google drive site will be less intimidating to some.
GitHub - ColumbiaGadgetWorks/RollToProne: Hack Covid 19 Proning Bed project. This link is to our Github site.
Roll To Prone - Google Drive This is to our Google Drive
Columbia Gadget Works is in an unusual situation. We are a small nonprofit group of volunteers who responded to a request during a national emergency. We are not a manufacturer of medical devices- or anything else, nor are we a healthcare or research facility. We simply want to let others know of the design, provide the information we have and let them proceed as they see fit.
The Columbia Gadget Works Roll-To-Prone is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. This license grants the use of our design so long as it is identified as our design, or a modification of it.
Last spring, I became involved in a local makers group, Columbia Gadget Works (CGW).
We were asked to make a device to facilitate proning of Covid-19 patients- and we did. It was eventually unimaginatively named Roll-To-Prone.
The link below describes what occurred.
Local Makers Group Designs Proning Bed for COVID Patients - University of Missouri College of Engineering
Fortunately, we did not have the surge of patients initially anticipated, and we have not had the need for its use locally.
With the "second wave" occurring, this may change for us- and there may currently be a need elsewhere. It was always our intention to make the design available to others so facilities can build their own if they desire.
I am asking that those of you with connections to the medical community involved with hospitalized Covid patients pass on the links below and let people know that the device and design exists, and they can build one if they desire.
The information is mostly the same in both sites, but the Google drive site will be less intimidating to some.
GitHub - ColumbiaGadgetWorks/RollToProne: Hack Covid 19 Proning Bed project. This link is to our Github site.
Roll To Prone - Google Drive This is to our Google Drive
Columbia Gadget Works is in an unusual situation. We are a small nonprofit group of volunteers who responded to a request during a national emergency. We are not a manufacturer of medical devices- or anything else, nor are we a healthcare or research facility. We simply want to let others know of the design, provide the information we have and let them proceed as they see fit.
The Columbia Gadget Works Roll-To-Prone is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. This license grants the use of our design so long as it is identified as our design, or a modification of it.